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Hello from NYC! Excited to be starting my postdoc in the Vosshall lab at @RockefellerUniv - Big thank you to @leslievosshall for having me here, my PhD advisor Cliff @brangwynnelab and friends at @Princeton and beyond for their support:) excited for what’s to come! Lezgooo✨👩🏻‍🔬

Cliff Brangwynne (@brangwynnelab) has been elected to the @theNASciences, one of the highest honors given to a scientist or engineer in the United States.

In another study, Brangwynne's work with @DNAmyStrom and @yoonj_k found a way to rearrange life’s basic tapestry, bending DNA strands back on themselves to reveal the material nature of the genome: materials.princeton.edu/news/2024/rese…

Read more about Brangwynne's work with former student Holly Cheng, on experiments that revealed the crucial role of RNA molecules in maintaining the surface tension and viscosity of the structure of a nucleolus, a key organelle in protein production: materials.princeton.edu/news/2025/star…

Congratulations to PMI's @brangwynnelab on his election to the @theNASciences!

So grateful for such a wonderful honor!!!

What's better than one #HHMIInvestigator being elected to @theNASciences? Ten! Meet the newest members, recognized by their peers for distinguished, ongoing contributions to original research: bit.ly/4cCxRuv.

Join us in celebrating #HHMIInvestigators Olga Boudker, William Jacobs (Emeriti), Michael Shadlen, Kim Orth & @leslievosshall (HHMI VP & Chief Scientific Officer), all elected to @americanacad for their leadership & excellence in science! bit.ly/4vQerd2

What happens when an assembly line runs too fast? Things break down, like the chocolate factory scene from “I Love Lucy” 🍫 Cells have assembly lines too, like ribosome biogenesis We show that cancer cells push this system to the breaking point (1/10) biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

How can a single cell learn without a brain? We explore this in my new paper with @WallaceUcsf! We discovered that single cells may learn using molecules similar to those that animal brains use to learn, like CaMKII. Cells can also propagate memory states to their progeny! 🧵1/n

Fantastic weekend at the @brkthroughprize celebration, finally celebrating our Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences with @HymanLab. What an incredible event!

📢🎉@hhmi_science competition for the next cohorts of #HannaGray Fellows and #FreemanHrabowski Scholars opening 11/3/2026. Senior postdocs and faculty within 7 years of appointment. Up to $10M over 10 yrs, + salary & benefits. Spread the word and consider applying! bit.ly/4vhC0LA

The Chemical Biology of Anti-CRISPR Proteins (featuring the premiere of a brand-new CRISPR-inspired magic routine) Come see me become a doctor @ChemistryMIT Stay for the magic Or just show up for the free Insomnia Cookies April 15, 2026 | MIT 4-270 | 1:30 pm

Join us in shaping the future of science! @hhmi_science is hiring a new Scientific Program Officer to support the #HannaGrayFellows #FHScholar programs hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External…

New #VosshallLab pre-print! Test your sense of smell, coming soon to your clinic or doctor's office medrxiv.org/content/10.648…

Have a look at why everyone @Princeton and especially @omenndarlingbio is so excited about our new building in ES/SEAS complex!!! paw.princeton.edu/article/new-bu…

Our paper is online today! 🎉 We identify a key regulator of the pyrenoid condensate. Thanks to an amazing Princeton-based collaboration! I have greatly enjoyed working with everyone. nature.com/articles/s4155…

Today in Nature Cell Biology, a collaborative effort across labs (Jonikas, Wingreen, Brangwynne) at Princeton discovers the key to regulating a biomolecular condensate. Congrats to first authors Shan He and Linnea Lemma! molbio.princeton.edu/news/2026/key1…

Some molecular machines, like ribosomes, persist for long periods in cells Could molecular aging of ribosomes shape how proteins are made? In our preprint we track ribosomes as they age in cells and uncover unexpected effects on translation (1/10) biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

Check out the newest paper from our lab, by the great @jordybotello Such an awesome discovery that the ribosome population undergoes molecular aging!!!!

With a background in math and physics, Postdoc Jeremy Owen's the first-ever computational theorist hired into the @MuirLab. He investigates the “dizzying complexity” of chromatin. Enjoy the first of our stories celebrating the postdocs of @PrincetonChem: bit.ly/4lgOmiy